StatementToSheet vs Tabula
Tabula pricing, free tier and features for bank statements, side by side with ours. Every Tabula fact below comes from Tabula's own website, checked on October 21, 2026.
- Excel, CSV & QBO
- Row-by-row balance check
- Never stored
- No install, no account to start
Tabula“Tabula is a tool for liberating data tables locked inside PDF files.”
Side by side
Tabula pricing
As listed on Tabula's site on October 21, 2026. Prices can change; check their pricing page before buying.
Free download; current version 1.2.1 released June 4, 2018.
Where Tabula is stronger
- Free and open source, forever ('Tabula will always be free and open source')
- Runs locally on your own computer (browser UI at http://localhost:8080), so PDFs are processed on your machine
- Simple manual workflow: draw a box around the table, preview, export
- Trusted by newsrooms (ProPublica, The New York Times, The Times of London) and researchers
- Cross-platform: Mac, Windows, Linux
Where StatementToSheet is different
- A free allowance that renews every day: 5 pages, no account. Tabula: Completely free and open source: 'Tabula will always be free and open source.' Donations via OpenCollective..
- The running balance is recomputed for every row and shown before you download.
- Nothing to install: works in any browser, including on a phone.
The fine print on Tabula
- 'Tabula only works on text-based PDFs, not scanned documents.'
- Generic table extractor: no bank-statement awareness, no date/amount normalisation, no QBO/OFX output
- Manual selection of the table area per page/document
- Windows & Linux users need Java installed
- Last release 1.2.1 dated June 4, 2018 (no recent updates on site)
Questions about Tabula
How much does Tabula cost?+
According to Tabula's pricing page (checked October 21, 2026): Tabula 1.2.1 $0, billed one-time.
Does Tabula have a free plan?+
Tabula: Completely free and open source: 'Tabula will always be free and open source.' Donations via OpenCollective.. StatementToSheet: 5 pages every day for free, without an account.
Is Tabula good for bank statements?+
Tabula describes itself as: “Tabula is a tool for liberating data tables locked inside PDF files.”. Its strengths include Free and open source, forever ('Tabula will always be free and open source') and Runs locally on your own computer (browser UI at http://localhost:8080), so PDFs are processed on your machine. If you only need bank and credit card statements as Excel, CSV or QBO, a dedicated converter like StatementToSheet is simpler.
What is the best Tabula alternative?+
For converting PDF bank and credit card statements to Excel, CSV or QuickBooks without storing your files, StatementToSheet is free for 5 pages a day and $12 a month for 200 pages. See all options on our comparison page.
Try it on the statement you'd give Tabula
5 pages a day free, no account. Compare the row count and totals yourself.
Convert a statement
Sources
Checked October 21, 2026. Spotted something out of date? Email support@statementtosheet.com and we'll fix it.